Seems like this post is just meant to stir the pot what good will it do? You say you have lost respect for so many people; did you respect them in the first place? If so, perhaps you were respecting them for the wrong reasons. Many of the people you are criticizing have given up their lives for dogs; they are the dog's advocates when others are only using dogs to pay their bills. To suggest she was made fun of because she was poor is so irresponsible, and makes me think you trying to mislead others into thinking Yorkietalk is filled with haters. This was not about her not having a job because of a disability, and you must certainly know this, this was about her thinking that since there were no other jobs she could do, she should raise dogs without studying the breed, or even dog ownership in general. Some of us are here for no other reason than our love of dogs; we are not making a living off our dogs in any way. Are we to excuse every abusive breeding situation because the breeder needs the money?
It's not the breeding for profit that bothers me as much as the fact that breeders take no time to learn about breeding and the care and training of dogs. A mentor should not JUST be someone who sold you your breeding pair, and you email occasionally. Studying breeding should go way beyond reading a few websites. The problem with learning all your information on your own is many people don't comprehend what they were reading, a good mentor would ensure that the person understood what was being said.
In the past, farmers who raised livestock studied the best way to do this, if their livelihood depended on something, they better know how to do it well. Dogs are different than livestock, for many reasons, but since breeders can sell them as puppies, they don't seem to care about their health as adults. Face it, there's a serious problem going on with Yorkies and other purebreds. Rescues are filling up and everyone hates kill shelters, but how many people can afford to take care of some of the sicker dogs, resulting from poor breeding? What happens when they can't afford the surgeries? They are turned over to rescues. Can you imagine if you saw this on a daily basis, how infuriated you would be? If you need to breed your dogs to make money, you probably shouldn't even own a yorkie. Many of the responsible breeders find part-time jobs to pay for their breeding! As for those of you who are saying I was taught not to think I'm any better than anyone else, isn't that exactly what you are doing when you are saying, "Shame on you"? |